If you do not want to sign up to the garden waste service you will need to find an alternative way of dealing with your garden waste. Try home composting, or take your garden waste to your local Household Waste Recycling Site free of charge where it is sent off for composting.
Sign up for garden waste collections
Garden waste disposal is a paid-for service in Horsham District. You'll get convenient kerbside garden waste collections for a whole year for just £59 a year.
- The service runs for a 12 month period from 1 April to 31 March
- We make 25 collections per year. Bins are collected every two weeks, except at Christmas
- Visit our Garden waste bin page for information on what you can and cannot put in your garden waste bin
- There is no discount for signing up part-way through the year
- If you do not have a garden waste bin at your home, you will need to buy one when you sign up for the service. The garden waste bin has green sides and a brown lid. Garden waste bins cost £53 for a 140 litre and £58.50 for a 240 litre bin
- You can sign up extra bins to the service for £59 per bin, per year.
You can sign up to pay by direct debit each year, or pay by card.
Garden Waste sign ups for the year 2025/26 have now closed. Registrations for the year 2026/27 will be available from the end of January 2026.
What you can and cannot put in your garden waste bin
You can put all of the following in the garden waste bin:
- Plant prunings
- Grass cuttings
- Twigs and small branches (no larger than the width of your wrist)
- Old or used compost
- Leaves
- Weeds
- Flowers
Please do not put the following in the garden waste bin:
- Pet bedding or pet waste
- Plastic bags and liners
- Household rubbish
- Household recyclables
- Food waste, including peelings and egg shells
- Stones and hardcore
- Soil
- Packaging labelled as compostable
How to label your garden waste bin
To match your bin to your garden waste subscription, we need the back of your bin to be clearly labelled with your house name or number.
If your bin is not labelled, we will not be able to match it up and it will not be collected.
As long as we can clearly see your house name or number on the back of your bin, you can identify it any way you like.
Stencils, stickers or paint all work well.
If your bin is not labelled, we will not be able to match it up and it will not be collected.
Please ensure the back of your bin is clearly labelled with your house name or number.
Terms and conditions
There are some circumstances in which we will not collect your garden waste.
2025/6 terms and conditions
Garden waste service terms and conditions 2025/6
2024/25 terms and conditions
If you are moving house within the District, you can choose whether or not to transfer your garden waste service. Call us on 01403 739459 to let us know your intentions. If you wish to transfer the service we will do this within 10 working days of your call or on a later date that you specify.
If you do not wish to transfer your service, we will not be able to refund you.
We are unable to provide refunds if you decide that you no longer require the service part way through the year.
You do have a statutory right to cancel within fourteen working days of receiving the terms and conditions.
Requests to cancel the service must be in writing to Garden Waste Team, Horsham District Council, Albery House, Springfield Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 2GB or emailed to gardenwaste@horsham.gov.uk. Cancellations cannot be accepted by telephone.